Purbeck Products : Chris' rantings

A founder member of Purbeck Products, Christopher Lees, who has a degree in agricultural science, has farmed in Purbeck for over thirty years. His 1,200 acres of land comprise a mixture of sandy land, heath and clay.
As one of the more senior members of the cooperative, he feels the need periodically to let off steam about today's paperwork-dominated world of farming. His "rantings" are accompanied by insights into other details of farming life and the delights of Purbeck and Purbeck Products.

Dorset Food Week, Celebrities Welcome

It must be hard being a celebrity. Everyone expects you to be interested in them, no matter how much you want to have time to yourself.

I once met Marco Pierre White, did you know I don't think he wears socks, he visibly climbed into his meet the public persona and relaxed into something slightly different at the end of the engagement.

walkers on Studland's South Beach Well, last weekend, there was a celebrity chef enjoying the sand on Studland Beach. To be honest, he was struggling for quite some time with a deck-chair in quite a stiff north easterly breeze. Later he was observed entering the ladies toilets and leaving them. I approached him and said I would not write about him if he came to chat with the Purbeck Products stallholders, who were there as part of the National Trust's engagement with local food producers.

Do you know, he missed a trick there.

roast chicken from Andy & Claire Head's Cedar Organic By not coming and meeting the local producers, he did not learn about Claire Head's fantastic organic chicken and eggs. Nor did he learn that we produce rose veal in Lytchett, he didn't get a chance to sample Carl and Mandy's divine venison burgers or sink his fangs into Louise Prince's lemon drizzle cake. Yum!

But Purbeck residents don't need to miss out; there are two Purbeck Products markets in October. The first is on Saturday the 10th at Putlake Farm, in Langton Matravers. The second is on Saturday the 24th at Swanage Middle School, as part of Dorset Food Week. All are welcome, celebrity or not, if you want to know more about Purbeck Products then you can find them on this website.

The name of the chef..... no! He is allowed his own quiet time with his children, but I might whisper it to you, if you buy enough beef from my stall.